Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-06
REDS SHOWED UNDER.
DOWN WITH THE RED FLAG" THE CRY
THAT WON IN CHICAGO
The Socialists Defeated by $1,000 Prohibition
Defeated in hiebigaa-Ths Labor Men Kick
ing in Gineinna6-Col. Beekwith Elected
in jefferson County.

CHICAGO, Ill, April 5.-One of the
most remarkable municipal contests that
Chicago has ever experienced in the half
century of her history commenced when
the polls were opened at o'clock this
morning
For eight years past the Democracy has
held the reins of the city government, and
yet, with almost certain victory before it
ior ut least two ears more, the Democratic
party, less than a week ago, became 50
completely demOralized, through its ina
bility to find standard bearer, that to-day
it is without ticket in the field.
The Republicans alone are left TO do
hattie with the LabOr-SOcialistic element.
1t is this fact which makes the contest
one of more than usual significance.
Robert Nelson, the labor candidate for
Mayor, is an iron mOulder and Master
Workman Of the District Assembly of the
Knights of Labor. Personally he has no
particular official aft liations with the So
cialists, but the very fact that the Social
iStic element is in full control of the
United Labor party, and that two of his
associates on the ticket are avowed Social
lists OF the ultra type, has given the Repub-
licans the opportunity of raising the cry of
down with the red flag" and the-election
has resolved itself ito fight between the
commercial, industrial and business inter
ests and the trades unionists, Socialists and
Anarchists.
Ii is expected that the bulk of the Demo-
cratic party will vote the Republican
ticket, although the labor men claim that
they will receive eonsiderablesupport from
that quarter.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE CONTEST
has been at fever heat for the past week,
and both sides are working earnestly to-
day to get their supporters to the polls.
The police worked hard for Roche, in ac-
cOrdance with Semi-ofhcial orders issued
by Chief of Police EberSOld, in which they
were urged to remember the massacre OF
May 4th last, and to do their utmost to
administer q crushing defeat to the sup
porters of Anarchy.
Altogether the contest is very interest
ing one, and will fully demonstrate the
extent of the hold which the Socialists
have upon the trades union element of the
metropolis of the West.
THE RETURNS.
At 7:30 p. m, the indications are that
ROche's majority will be 10000, figure
that surprises everybody. If the $500
voter naturalized during the past month
BY the united labor party be added to tho
Is, 900 cast for Socialist Tauber last fall,
the total will be very near what Nelson 5
vote now promises to be in tO-day's election.
This would mean that Carter Harrison :
attempt TO deliver the Democratic vote TO
the united labor party had failed utterly.
Returns received at the town hall in the
stock yards district up to p. M, indicate
that Elmer Washburne, heading the re-
form ticket allied with the Roche ticket
in the city ward, had been elected super
visor by majority Of l 900 over all Oppo,
sitiOn.
IL D. MT is reasonably certain that
the United Labor party elected two Alder
men and nothing else. The United Labor
party pOlled to-day just one half the num-
her of votes its leaders predicted. Their
general ticket is buried under Il majority
ui 30, 900 votes.